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CLEMENT MUNGUIKO
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ITS CORRELATES AMONG STUDENTS OF BACHELOR OF NURSING SCIENCE PROGRAM IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS3522ES

1. Determine the level of academic achievement in biomedical sciences among BNS students in Uganda. 2. Examine socio-demographic factors associated with academic achievement in biomedical sciences among BNS students in Uganda. 3. Investigate individual educational factors that correlate with academic achievement in biomedical sciences among BNS students in Uganda. 4. Explore institutional factors that influence academic achievement in biomedical sciences among BNS students in Uganda.
Uganda 2024-02-29 17:38:14 2027-03-01 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jannette Abalo
ID:
Deprivation of Children’s Liberty in the Context of Armed Conflict in Uganda
REFNo: SS2120ES

Create political visibility and awareness needed to trigger action on the children’s deprivation of liberty in the context of armed conflicts at the AU and RECs;,Identify how existing child protection laws, policies and programmes can be used to prevent and respond to children’s deprivation of liberty in the context of armed conflict,Build evidence on the state of children’s deprivation of liberty in the context of armed conflict in Africa,To strengthen the protection of children from deprivation of liberty in the context of armed conflict in Africa.,
 Uganda 2024-02-29 17:36:47 2027-03-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rosemary Nansubuga
ID:
Curriculum Design and Career Choice(s) Among Students in Selected Secondary Schools in Wakiso District, Uganda.
REFNo: SS2105ES

iii. To find out how assessment strategies influence career choices among students in secondary schools. ii. To determine the influence of instructional methods on career choices among students in secondary schools. i. To establish the influence of course content on career choices among students in secondary schools. The study’s overall objective is to investigate the influence of curriculum design on career choices among students in secondary schools in Uganda using secondary schools in Wakiso District in central Uganda.
 Uganda 2024-02-29 17:35:34 2027-03-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
JIMMY ELING -
ID:
Investigation of the Effect of Torrefaction on the Briquetting and Combustion Characteristics of Groundnut Shell and Maize Straw
REFNo: NS668ES

(i) Optimize torrefaction conditions: temperature; heating rate; and holding time of groundnut
shell and maize straw.
(ii) Obtain the optimal briquetting conditions: compacting pressure; temperature; and particle size
of raw and torrefied groundnut shell and maize straw.
(iii) Determine the energy requirements for densification of raw and torrefied groundnut shell and
maize straw.
(iv) Investigate the effect of torrefaction on the combustion characteristics of briquettes produced
from groundnut shell and maize straw.
(v) Determine combustion kinetics of raw and torrefied groundnut shell and maize straw.
 Uganda 2024-02-29 17:34:24 2027-03-01 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Fridah Siyanga
ID: UNCST-2023-R007537
 Small fish for small children: Consumption of small fish among primary school-age children in Northern Uganda project
REFNo: SS2301ES

1.To examine environmental, economic, social, and institutional factors affecting availability and access to small fish in selected rural and urban communities. 2.To assess the utilization and consumption of small fish at home and in school among children of primary school going age (6-14 years) from selected households in these communities. 3.To examine the role of parents, school management, district administrations, and other stakeholders in facilitating existing school feeding practices in selected schools. 4.To assess current policies governing school feeding and to analyze the various stake-holders’ perceptions on their role in developing and implementing school feeding policies that can contribute to providing school meals containing small fish.
 Zambia 2024-02-29 17:33:23 2027-03-01 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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